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Thinkwell's Beginning Algebra with Professor Edward Burger

Beginning algebra is a developmental course taught at colleges to prepare students for college-level math.  This course is a perfect supplement for college students already taking the course, or for preparing to take a college algebra course

Through Professor Burger's fun and effective videos, you can learn the tips and tricks you need to succeed in college math. Beginning Algebra includes printable full-color illustrated notes, automatically graded algebra problems with worked-out answers, and a glossary of mathematical terms, which makes learning beginning algebra online easy.  No textbook required.

The workbook (optional) comes with lecture notes, sample problems, and exercises so that you can study even when away from the computer.

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199 engaging 5-10 minute video lessons
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Detailed, 37-week lesson plan and schedule
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  • 12-month, online subscription to our complete Beginning Algebra course
  • 37-week, day-by-day course lesson plan
  • 195+ course lessons with streaming videos
  • Automatically graded drill-and-practice exercises with step-by-step answer feedback
  • Sample problems with solutions
  • Full color, illustrated course study notes
  • Beginning Algebra Chapter & Practice tests, a Midterm & Final Exam
  • Animated interactivities....and more!

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  • Your work is automatically tracked and updated in real-time
  • Grade reports and certificates of completion are available at request
About Thinkwell's Beginning Algebra Author, Edward Burger

Learn from award-winning mathematician Dr. Edward Burger

It's like having a world-class college professor right by your side teaching you Beginning Algebra.

  • "Global Hero in Education" by Microsoft Corporation
  • "America's Best Math Teacher" by Reader's Digest
  • Robert Foster Cherry Award Winner for Great Teaching
Thinkwell's Beginning Algebra Table of Contents
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1. Pre-Algebra Review

1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Beginning Algebra
1.1.2 Review of Arithmetic: Addition and Subtraction
1.1.3 Review of Arithmetic: Multiplication and Division
1.1.4 Top Ten List of Mistakes
1.2 Factors and Fractions
1.2.1 Factors and Primes
1.2.2 Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiples
1.2.3 Introduction to Fractions
1.2.4 Multiplying Fractions
1.2.5 Dividing Fractions
1.2.6 Adding Fractions
1.2.7 Subtracting Fractions
1.2.8 Mixed Numbers
1.2.9 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
1.2.10 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers
1.3 Decimals
1.3.1 Decimal Numbers
1.3.2 Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
1.3.3 Percent
1.3.4 Conversion between Fractions, Percents, and Decimals

2. Foundations of Algebra

2.1 The Real Number System
2.1.1 Real Numbers
2.1.2 Ordering Real Numbers
2.1.3 Arithmetic on the Number Line
2.1.4 Multiplying Real Numbers
2.1.5 Multiplying a Negative by a Negative: The Why
2.1.6 Dividing Real Numbers
2.1.7 Order of Operations
2.1.8 Properties of Real Numbers
2.2 Exponents, Exponential Notation, and Scientific Notation
2.2.1 Introduction to Exponents
2.2.2 Evaluating Exponential Expressions
2.2.3 Applying the Rules of Exponents
2.2.4 Evaluating Expressions with Negative Exponents
2.2.5 Converting between Decimal and Scientific Notation
2.3 Algebraic Expressions and the Language of Algebra
2.3.1 Algebraic Expressions
2.3.2 Introduction to Word Problems

3. Solving Equations

3.1 Introduction to Solving Equations
3.1.1 Equations
3.1.2 Addition Property of Equality
3.1.3 Multiplication Property of Equality
3.2 Further Techniques for Solving Equations
3.2.1 Solving Equations with the Variable on One Side
3.2.2 Solving Equations with the Variable on Both Sides
3.2.3 Equality or Identity?
3.2.4 Equivalent Equations and Equations with No Solution

4. Linear Equations and Inequalities

4.1 Formulas and Word Problems
4.1.1 Solving Literal Equations
4.1.2 Formulas
4.1.3 Formulas: Temperature Conversion and Rate
4.1.4 Ratios and Proportions
4.1.5 More Ratios and Proportions
4.1.6 Finding a Perimeter
4.1.7 Solving a Linear Geometry Problem
4.1.8 Solving for Constant Velocity
4.1.9 Solving a Business Problem
4.1.10 Solving a Mixture Problem
4.1.11 Solving an Investment Problem
4.1.12 Solving for Consecutive Numbers
4.1.13 Finding an Average
4.2 Inequalities in One Variable
4.2.1 Introduction to Inequalities
4.2.2 Solving Inequalities
4.2.3 Solving Word Problems with Inequalities
4.3 Compound Inequalities
4.3.1 Sets, Intersections, and Unions
4.3.2 Solving Compound Inequalities
4.3.3 More On Compound Inequalities
4.4 Absolute-Value Equations
4.4.1 Matching Number Lines with Absolute Value
4.4.2 Solving Absolute-Value Equations
4.4.3 Solving Equations with Two Absolute-Value Expressions
4.5 Absolute-Value Inequalities
4.5.1 Solving Absolute-Value Inequalities
4.5.2 Solving Absolute-Value Inequalities: More Examples

5. Polynomials

5.1 Polynomial Basics
5.1.1 Determining Components and Degree
5.1.2 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
5.1.3 Multiplying Polynomials
5.2 Techniques for Multiplying Polynomials
5.2.1 The FOIL Method
5.2.2 Multiplying Big Products
5.2.3 Using Special Products
5.3 Techniques for Factoring
5.3.1 Factoring Using the Greatest Common Factor
5.3.2 Factoring by Grouping
5.3.3 Factoring Trinomials: The Guess and Check Method
5.3.4 Factoring Trinomials Completely
5.3.5 Factoring Trinomials: The Grouping Method
5.4 Special Factoring
5.4.1 Factoring Perfect-Square Trinomials
5.4.2 Factoring the Difference of Two Squares
5.4.3 Factoring the Sums and Differences of Cubes
5.4.4 Factoring by Any Method
5.5 Solving Equations by Factoring
5.5.1 The Zero Factor Property
5.6 Division of Polynomials
5.6.1 Using Long Division with Polynomials
5.6.2 Long Division: Another Example
5.7 Synthetic Division
5.7.1 Using Synthetic Division with Polynomials
5.7.2 More Synthetic Division
5.8 The Remainder Theorem
5.8.1 Using the Remainder Theorem
5.8.2 More on the Remainder Theorem

6. Rational Expressions

6.1 The Basics of Rational Expressions
6.1.1 An Introduction to Rational Expressions
6.1.2 Working with Fractions
6.1.3 Writing Rational Expressions in Lowest Terms
6.2 Operations with Rationals
6.2.1 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
6.2.2 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
6.2.3 Rewriting Complex Fractions
6.3 Equations with Rationals
6.3.1 Solving a Linear Equation with Rationals
6.3.2 Solving a Linear Equation with Restrictions
6.4 Inequalities with Rationals
6.4.1 Solving Rational Inequalities
6.4.2 Solving Rational Inequalities: Another Example
6.4.3 Determining Domain
6.5 Applications
6.5.1 Solving a Problem about Work
6.5.2 Average Speed
6.5.3 Resistors in Parallel
6.6 Variation
6.6.1 An Introduction to Variation
6.6.2 Direct Proportion
6.6.3 Inverse Proportion
6.6.4 Joint and Combined Proportion

7. Relations and Functions

7.1 The Rectangular Coordinate System
7.1.1 Using the Cartesian System
7.1.2 Thinking Visually
7.2 An Introduction to Functions
7.2.1 Introducing Relations and Functions
7.2.2 Functions and the Vertical-Line Test
7.2.3 Function Notation and Values
7.3 Domain and Range
7.3.1 Finding Domain and Range
7.3.2 Domain and Range: An Explicit Example
7.3.3 Satisfying the Domain of a Function
7.3.4 Graphing Important Functions
7.4 The Algebra of Functions
7.4.1 Operations on Functions
7.4.2 Composite Functions
7.4.3 Components of Composite Functions
7.5 The Slope of a Line
7.5.1 An Introduction to Slope
7.5.2 Finding the Slope Given Two Points
7.6 Graphing Linear Equations
7.6.1 Using Intercepts to Graph Lines
7.6.2 Working with Specific Lines
7.6.3 Interpreting Slope from a Graph
7.6.4 Graphing with a Point and the Slope
7.7 Linear Equations
7.7.1 Writing an Equation in Slope-Intercept Form
7.7.2 Writing an Equation Given Two Points
7.7.3 Writing an Equation in Point-Slope Form
7.7.4 Matching a Slope-Intercept Equation with Its Graph
7.7.5 Slope for Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
7.8 Applications of Linear Concepts
7.8.1 Constructing a Linear Model from a Set of Data
7.8.2 Scatterplots and Predictions
7.8.3 Linear Cost and Revenue

8. Roots and Radicals

8.1 Rational Exponents and Radicals
8.1.1 Converting Rational Exponents and Radicals
8.1.2 Radical Notation and Properties of Roots
8.1.3 Variables and Negative Values under a Radical
8.2 Simplifying Radical Expressions
8.2.1 Simplifying Radicals
8.2.2 Simplifying Radical Expressions with Variables
8.3 Operations with Radical Expressions
8.3.1 Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions
8.3.2 Rationalizing Denominators
8.4 Equations with Radicals
8.4.1 Extraneous Roots
8.4.2 Solving an Equation Containing a Radical
8.4.3 Solving Equations with Two Radical Expressions
8.4.4 Solving an Equation with Rational Exponents
8.5 Complex Numbers
8.5.1 Introducing and Writing Complex Numbers
8.5.2 Rewriting Powers of i
8.5.3 Adding and Subtracting Complex Numbers
8.5.4 Multiplying Complex Numbers
8.5.5 Dividing Complex Numbers
8.6 Applications
8.6.1 Finding the Length of the Diagonal of a Cube
8.6.2 Finding the Distance and the Midpoint between Two Points
8.6.3 Applications in Meteorology

9. Quadratic Equations

9.1 The Basics of Quadratics
9.1.1 An Introduction to Quadratics
9.1.2 Solving Quadratics by Factoring
9.2 Graphs of Quadratics
9.2.1 Finding x- and y-intercepts
9.2.2 Nice-Looking Parabolas
9.2.3 Graphing Parabolas
9.3 Solving by Completing the Square
9.3.1 Solving by Completing the Square
9.3.2 Completing the Square: Another Example
9.3.3 Finding the Vertex by Completing the Square
9.4 Writing Quadratic Equations
9.4.1 Using the Vertex to Write the Equation
9.4.2 Building a Polynomial Equation from Its Solutions
9.5 Solving with the Quadratic Formula
9.5.1 Proving the Quadratic Formula
9.5.2 Using the Quadratic Formula
9.5.3 Predicting Types of Solutions From the Discriminant
9.5.4 Using the Discriminant to Graph Parabolas
9.6 Equations Quadratic in Form
9.6.1 Solving for a Squared Variable
9.6.2 Finding Real-Number Restrictions
9.6.3 Solving Fancy Quadratics
9.6.4 Horizontal Parabolas
9.7 Formulas and Applications
9.7.1 Solving a Quadratic Geometry Problem
9.7.2 Solving with the Pythagorean Theorem
9.7.3 The Pythagorean Theorem: Another Example
9.7.4 Solving a Motion Problem
9.7.5 Solving a Projectile Problem
9.7.6 Solving Other Problems
9.8 Nonlinear Inequalities
9.8.1 Solving Quadratic Inequalities
9.8.2 Solving Quadratic Inequalities: Another Example

10. Systems of Equations

10.1 Linear Systems in Two Variables
10.1.1 An Introduction to Linear Systems
10.1.2 Solving a System by Graphing
10.1.3 Solving a System by Substitution
10.1.4 Solving a System by Elimination
10.2 Linear Systems in Three Variables
10.2.1 An Introduction to Systems in Three Variables
10.2.2 Solving Systems with Three Variables
10.2.3 Solving Inconsistent Systems
10.2.4 Solving Dependent Systems
10.2.5 Solving Systems with Two Equations
10.3 Applications of Linear Systems
10.3.1 Investments
10.3.2 Partial Fractions
10.4 Solutions by Matrix Methods
10.4.1 An Introduction to Matrices
10.4.2 Using the Gauss-Jordan Method
10.4.3 Using Gauss-Jordan: Another Example
10.5 Determinants
10.5.1 Evaluating 2x2 Determinants
10.5.2 Evaluating nxn Determinants
10.6 Cramer's Rule
10.6.1 Using Cramer's Rule
10.6.2 Using Cramer's Rule in a 3x3 Matrix
10.7 Working with Inequalities
10.7.1 An Introduction to Graphing Linear Inequalities
10.7.2 Graphing Linear Inequalities
10.7.3 Graphing a System of Inequalities
10.8 Systems of Nonlinear Equations
10.8.1 Solving a Nonlinear System by Elimination
10.8.2 Solving a Nonlinear System by Substitution
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Thinkwell's Beginning Algebra is carefully constructed to build on previous knowledge, reinforcing key concepts every step of the way. It is not only a reflection of empirically effective instruction, but also reflects Dr Burger’s philosophies learned over a career of teaching mathematics, emphasizing a solid foundation that addresses why students need to learn certain concepts. Finally, Thinkwell Beginning Algebra is intentionally designed to work for a wide variety of learning styles.

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